Asking again, sorry. My BIOS takes a very long time, upwards of 30 seconds to actually see windows start to load. Is anyone else seeing this? Am I correct in thinking the BIOS section of a reboot should be 5-10 seconds, not 30?

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Originally Posted by LA_Kings_Fan

Hmmm, Interesting ? I counted about 15 seconds from the time I hit the POWER ON Switch until I see the ASUS ROG BIOS splash screen and then about another 25 seconds after that until I'm at my WIN 7 Password Login. That's faster than I was used to on my old system/board so to me it seems quick ?

Maybe from on to windows login it's quicker, (maybe you added an SSD?) but typically the time the computer is in BIOS should be VERY minimal, or at least configurable as such. This board seems to f**k around for 15 seconds, then kick the video on. Even if RAID and the secondary SATA controller is disabled. What gives? W_T_F is it doing? Consumer computers are at the windows loading logo in under 5 seconds.Edited by ReanimationXP - 7/29/11 at 12:05am

I plugged my board in, plugged in my OS hdd from my old computer and tried to boot to windows but after the windows animation, it just restarts. I don't even see a bios screen. My screen turns on, blanks out until the windows animation comes up and then retarts. I keep getting that over and over.
Also, sometimes my keyboard works and sometimes it doesnt all of a sudden... not sure whats going on.

I'm using the onboard video at the moment. I'd like to get this solved asap

I'm having some real issues here... hopefully it's something simple I missed ..... I'm using the onboard video at the moment. I'd like to get this solved asap

Read ALL the posts about people trying to re-use HDD w/ OS from their OLD previous systems on the NEW board having problems ... suggest a re-format and CLEAN install of windows so ALL current and proper drivers get installed, don't try to re-use the old drivers and develop conflicts like you are reporting has usually been the fix.

I plugged my board in, plugged in my OS hdd from my old computer and tried to boot to windows but after the windows animation, it just restarts. I don't even see a bios screen. My screen turns on, blanks out until the windows animation comes up and then retarts. I keep getting that over and over.
Also, sometimes my keyboard works and sometimes it doesnt all of a sudden... not sure whats going on.

I'm using the onboard video at the moment. I'd like to get this solved asap

Sounds like an AHCI / RAID mode problem to me. Have you tried playing with the SATA mode? Try cycling through and either turning on or off ACHI / RAID mode.

I see you most people averaging low 30's when system is complete idled (sitting on windows 7 desktop). What's going on and why is my cpu so warm?

As far as fans on the case goes, I have 1-120mm fan in the front and 1-95mm fan in the back. Planning to add 2 more intake fans on the side later but my idle temp shouldn't even differ that much after.

For CPU cooling, I'm using Noctua NH-U9B SE2 with Low-Noise Adaptor (spinning at ~1300rpm pushing 52,6 mÂ³/h of air) on both push-pull fans. Cooler is oriented horizontally so the air is pulled from the front of the case and exits toward the rear where the 92mm exhaust fan is.

Thermal Compound is XIGMATEK PTI-G4512, which came free with the Noctura from the egg. I used the plastic applicator and spread the compound around the cpu. However, after putting the cooler down on the cpu, I decided to change the orientation of the cooler so I pulled the cooler off the cpu and added another small-sized bead of compound in the middle of the cpu. I didn't smooth out the compound the second time I attached the cooler.

What could it be? I tried to explained everything that might be relevant to the scenario. Thanks for your help!Edited by shrimpsiumai - 7/29/11 at 9:16am